The Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting presented awards to waters from four continents. Judges tasted 100 waters entered from five continents. Municipal water The municipal water category saw a U.S. sweep. All three medalists have formerly been awarded gold at the festival. Santa Ana, Calif. took home their third Gold[Read More…]
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Energy project saves schools $1 million in utility costs over five years
by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools is still counting their savings from a countywide guaranteed energy management project with CMTA Energy Solutions. The project was implemented from June 2017 through October 2018 under former School Superintendent David Banks. At the February 20 school board meeting, CMTA project manager and engineer[Read More…]
Water main break causes boil water notice south of town
by Trish Rudder The Berkeley Springs Water Works, the town-owned public water department, issued a boil water notice on Monday, February 26 for select water customers located more than two miles south of town along U.S. 522 due to a water main break. They said the break was caused by[Read More…]
Waking up to a snowy Saturday
Brenda Mason’s photo of Saturday morning’s landscape captured the freshly-fallen snow in Morgan County, with delicate colors of the distant sunrise. Predictions of a major snowfall fell short, bringing just two to four inches of precipitation to most areas of the county. Sunshine cleared roads by mid-day on Saturday.
Athletic & school officials say unruly crowds cleared from Paw Paw game “wasn’t typical”
Morgan County school officials and law enforcement say they’ve continued to handle a heated spectator situation that erupted late last month at Paw Paw High School. Spectators at the Wednesday, January 31 Paw Paw High School varsity boys’ basketball game with Pendleton County were removed from the game in the[Read More…]
Tax benefits can help seniors, older people raising children
by Deb Miller, JD West Virginia Senior Legal Aid “The difference between death and taxes is death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” – Will Rogers, American humorist It was time for Jean to work on her 2023 taxes because she wanted to file her federal and West[Read More…]
Crash claims life of local woman
A single-vehicle crash along Duckwall Road in central Morgan County took the life of a Berkeley Springs woman this past weekend. West Virginia State Police responded to a 911 call reporting a single vehicle off the roadway on Sunday, February 18. Trooper B.A. Meyers determined that a silver Chevrolet Tracker,[Read More…]
International waters vie for awards here this weekend
The Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting, set for this Saturday, February 24, has attracted waters from more than a dozen countries, and states from California to Florida. Held at The Country Inn, the event – now in its 34th year — is the largest and longest-running water tasting in the[Read More…]
Morgan County has wide discretion to use opioid settlement money, says attorney
by Kate Shunney Jefferson County attorney Stephen Skinner advised the Morgan County Commission last Wednesday that they can take some of the funds from a statewide opioid lawsuit settlement to reimburse itself for related expenses in prior years or fund future projects. Skinner has worked with county officials since 2018,[Read More…]
University students to exhibit art at Off 70 Studio in Hancock Saturday
Off 70 Studio in Hancock will host a free art exhibit of recent work of the MFA candidates in George Mason’s School of Art on Saturday, February 24 from noon to 2 p.m. The art will be on display in the windows of the downtown Hancock gallery. Attendees can meet[Read More…]
